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Floating (?), n. 1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
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2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. Knight.
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3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fattening, plumping, and laying out.
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{ Floating charge, lien, etc. } (Law) A charge, lien, etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed.

Floatingly, adv. In a floating manner.
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floatplane n. a plane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water.
Syn. -- pontoon plane, seaplane.
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Floaty (?), a. Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Flobert (?), n. (Gun.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
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Coloq. Flobert rifle , a rifle adapted to the use of floberts.
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Floccillation (?), n. [L. floccus a flock of wool. Cf. of wool.] (Med.) A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases. Dunglison.
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Floccose (?), a. [L. floccosus. Cf. 2d , n.] 1. Spotted with small tufts like wool. Wright.
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2. (Bot.) Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous.
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Floccular (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the flocculus.
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Flocculate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocculating.] (Geol.) To aggregate into small lumps.
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Flocculate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.
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Flocculate (?), v. t. To convert into floccules or flocculent aggregates; to make granular or crumbly; as, the flocculating of a soil improves its mechanical condition.

When applied to clay soils it [lime] binds the small particles together, or flocculates them. I. P. Roberts.
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Flocculation (?), n. (Geol.) The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps.
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Floccule (?), n. [See .] 1. A detached mass of loosely fibrous structure like a shredded tuft of wool.
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2. (Chem.) Specif.: A small particle of an insoluble substance formed in a liquid by the union of smaller particles.
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Flocculence (?), n. The state of being flocculent.
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Flocculent (?), a. [See of wool.] 1. Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly. Gray.
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2. (Zoöl.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.
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3. (Chem.) Having a structure like shredded wool, as some precipitates.
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Flocculus (?), n.; pl. Flocculi (#). [NL., dim. of L. floccus a lock or flock of wool.] (Anat.) A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.
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Floccus (?), n.; pl. Flocci (#). [L., a flock of wool.] 1. (Zoöl.) (a) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.
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2. (Bot.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.
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Flock (?), n. [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel. flokkr crowd, Sw. flock, Dan. flok; prob. orig. used of flows, and akin to E. fly. See .] 1. A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl. Milton.
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The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks. 2 Macc. xiv. 14.
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2. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge.
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As half amazed, half frighted all his flock. Tennyson.
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Flock, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flocking.] To gather in companies or crowds.
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Friends daily flock. Dryden.
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Coloq. Flocking fowl (Zoöl.), the greater scaup duck.
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Flock, v. t. To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.]
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Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so. Taylor (1609).
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Flock, n. [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG. floccho, Icel. flōki, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker, or cf. L. floccus, F. floc.] 1. A lock of wool or hair.
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I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel]. Shak.
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2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.
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3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose.
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Coloq. Flock bed , a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. “Once a flock bed, but repaired with straw.” Pope. -- Coloq. Flock paper , paper coated with flock fixed with glue or size.
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Flock, v. t. To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.
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Flockling, n. A lamb. [Obs.] Brome (1659).
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Flockly, adv. In flocks; in crowds. [Obs.]
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Flockmel (?), adv. [AS. flocm�lum. See part.] In a flock; in a body. [Obs.]
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That flockmel on a day they to him went. Chaucer.
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Flocky, a. Abounding with flocks; floccose.
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Floe (flō), n. [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw. flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See a flat stone.] A low, flat mass of floating ice.
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Coloq. Floe rat (Zoöl.), a seal (Phoca fœtida).
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Flog (flŏg), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flogged (flŏgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging (-gĭng).] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. .] To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
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Flogger (?), n. 1. One who flogs.
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2. A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung. Knight.
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Flogging (?), a. & n. from , v. t.
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Coloq. Flogging chisel (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. -- Coloq. Flogging hammer , a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.
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Flon (?), n. pl. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Flong (? or ?), obs. imp. & p. p. of .
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Flong (?), n. [Of the same origin as flawn, flan, a metal disk.] (Stereotyping) A compressed mass of paper sheets, forming a matrix or mold for stereotype plates.
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Flood (flŭd), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flōd; akin to D. vloed, OS. flōd, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. flōð, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. flōdus; from the root of E. flow. √80. See , v. i.] 1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
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A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. Milton.
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2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak.
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3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
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4. Menstrual disharge; menses. Harvey.
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Coloq. Flood anchor (Naut.) , the anchor by which a ship is held while the tide is rising. -- Coloq. Flood fence , a fence so secured that it will not be swept away by a flood. -- Coloq. Flood gate , a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing, a body of water; a tide gate. -- Coloq. Flood mark , the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood, rises; high-water mark. -- Coloq. Flood tide , the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide. -- Coloq. The Flood , the deluge in the days of Noah.
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Flood, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooding.] 1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.
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2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
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Floodage (?; 48), n. Inundation. [R.] Carlyle.
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flooded adj. 1. covered or overflowing with water.
Syn. -- afloat(predicate), awash(predicate).
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2. filled to overflowing as if with water; as, a desk flooded with applications.
Syn. -- inundated, swamped.
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Flooder (?), n. One who floods anything.
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floodhead n. a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; as, we were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit..
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Flooding, n. The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.
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2. (Med.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus. Dunglison.
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floodlit adj. Illuminated by means of floodlights.
Syn. -- floodlighted.
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Flook (fl�k), n. A fluke of an anchor.

{ Flookan (?), Flukan (?) }, n. (Mining) See .
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Flooky (?), a. Fluky.
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Floor (flōr), n. [AS. flōr; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. flōr floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. smooth.] 1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
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2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
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3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
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4. A story of a building. See .
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5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has the floor. [U.S.]
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☞ Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
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6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
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7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond.
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Coloq. Floor cloth , a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. -- Coloq. Floor cramp , an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. -- Coloq. Floor light , a frame with glass panes in a floor. -- Coloq. Floor plan . (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.
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Floor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.] 1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
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2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent.
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Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.
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3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.]
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I've floored my little-go work. T. Hughes.
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Floorage (?; 48), n. Floor space.
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floorboard n. 1. a board in the floor.
Syn. -- floor board.
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2. the floor of an automobile.
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floorcover n. a covering for the floor of an automobile.
Syn. -- floor covering.
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floored adj. 1. provided with a floor. ceilinged
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2. knocked down to the floor or ground.
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3. defeated; overwhelmed.
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4. suprised and confounded; nonplused; as, I was floored by the brilliance of the solution.
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Floorer (?), n. Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities. [Colloq.]
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Floorheads, n. pl. (Naut.) The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel.
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Flooring, n. A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See , n. Addison.
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2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.
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Floorless, a. Having no floor.
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Floorwalker (?), n. One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. [U.S.]
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Flop (flŏp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped (flŏpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] [A variant of flap.] 1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.
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2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] Fielding.
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Flop (flŏp), v. i. 1. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.
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2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] Dickens.
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Flop, n. Act of flopping. [Colloq.] W. H. Russell.
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flophouse n. a cheap and usually seedy lodging house or hotel.
Syn. -- dosshouse.
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Floppy (?), n. Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim. G. Eliot.
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Flopwing (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lapwing.
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Flora (?), n. [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos, floris, flower. See .] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of flowers and spring.
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2. (Bot.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.
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Floral (?), a. [L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F. floral. See .] 1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.
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2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. Martyn.
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Coloq. Floral envelope (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.
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Florally, adv. In a floral manner.
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Floramour (?), n.[L. flos, floris, flower + amorlove.] The plant love-lies-bleeding. [Obs.] Prior.
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Floran (?), n. (Mining) Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine. Pryce.
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Floréal (?), n. [F. floréal, fr. L. flos, floris, flower.] The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See .
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Floren (?), n. [LL. florenus. See .] A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Florence (?), n. [From the city of Florence: cf. F. florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.] 1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value. Camden.
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2. A kind of cloth. Johnson.
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Coloq. Florence flask . See under . -- Coloq. Florence oil , olive oil prepared in Florence.
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Florentine (? or ?; 277), a. [L. Florentinus, fr. Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin.] Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.
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Coloq. Florentine mosaic , a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.
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Florentine, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Florence, a city in Italy.
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2. A kind of silk. Knight.
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3. A kind of pudding or tart; a kind of meat pie. [Obs.]
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Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines. Beau. & Fl.
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Florescence (?), n. [See .] (Bot.) A bursting into flower; a blossoming. Martyn.
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Florescent (?), a. [L. florescens, p. pr. of florescere begin to blossom, incho. fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See .] Expanding into flowers; blossoming.
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Floret (?), n. [OF. florete, F. fleurette, dim. of OF. lor, F. fleur. See , and cf. , 3d .] 1. (Bot.) A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Gray.
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2. [F. fleuret.] A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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Floriage (?), n. [L. flos, floris, flower.] Bloom; blossom. [Obs.] J. Scott.
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Floriated (?), a. (Arch.) Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of Gothic pillars.
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Floriation (?), n. 1. Ornamentation by means of flower forms, whether closely imitated or conventionalized.
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2. Any floral ornament or decoration. Rock.
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Floricomous (?), a. [L. flos, floris, flower + coma hair.] Having the head adorned with flowers. [R.]
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Floricultural (? or ?; 135), a. Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants.
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Floriculture (? or ?; 135, 277), n. [L. flos, floris, flower + cultura culture.] The cultivation of flowering plants.
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Floriculturist (?), n. One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist.
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Florid (?), a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See .] 1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.]
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Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. Jer. Taylor.
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2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.
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3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
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4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.
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Florida bean (?). (Bot.) (a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under . (b) One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens.
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Florideæ (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. flos, floris, a flower.] (Bot.) A subclass of algæ including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeæ of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.
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Floridian prop. n. a resident of Florida.
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Floridity (?), n. The quality of being florid; floridness. Floyer.
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Floridly (?), adv. In a florid manner.
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Floridness, n. The quality of being florid. Boyle.
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Floriferous (?), a. [L. florifer; flos, floris, flower + ferre to bear; cf. F. florifère.] Producing flowers. Blount.
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